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    The document outlines key characteristics of an information society. An information society first emerged in 1960s Japanese social science and is defined as a society organized around knowledge. It is characterized by employment and resources being focused on information technology, wealth being defined by information and knowledge, use of multiple media and networks to create a globalized and connected society, and education to help people effectively process and understand high volumes of information.

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    The document outlines key characteristics of an information society. An information society first emerged in 1960s Japanese social science and is defined as a society organized around knowledge. It is characterized by employment and resources being focused on information technology, wealth being defined by information and knowledge, use of multiple media and networks to create a globalized and connected society, and education to help people effectively process and understand high volumes of information.

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    CHARACTERISTICS TO

    INFORMATION SOCIETY

    INTRODUCTION

    The collocation information society as it is now used first


    emerged in Japanese social science(s) in the early 1960S.

    The systems of information technology operate with information


    converted into symbols, computers and machines process symbols,
    minds and intellects process information.

    A society that organizes itself around knowledge in the interest of


    social control, and the management of innovation and change.
    (Daniel Bell)

    KEY CHARACTERISTICS

    Employment

    Resource and technology

    Income and wealth

    Conflict management method and power technique

    Parallel use of several media

    The network to bring the world together: create a global society.

    Requires education to help students handle all of this information,


    determine its accuracy, its ownership, its reliability

    Information productive power: increase optimal action-selection


    capabilities

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